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The word divorce tends to conjure up negative responses in most of us initially, but it does not have to be all doom and gloom. Actually there can be a lot of positives outcomes for a couple who, for whatever reason, have grown apart and decide to separate when one or both beli

Hudson Group is delighted to announce our SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS APPEAL2013. The response to our Christmas 2012 Appeal, greatly assisted by both the Mail and Radio Humberside, was successful beyond our wildest dreams. Consequently in January this year Hudson Grou

Hudson Group are delighted to announce that Dominic Hudson, partner and Head of Family Law at Hudson Law, was today elected as President of the Hull Incorporated Law Society and Julia Madden, Conveyancing Manager of Hudson Law, was elected as Vice President.

Don’t put off until tomorrow what needs to be done today! Your Will is the perfect opportunity to put your house in order, make sure your wishes are carried out and to provide for those you wish to provide for.

We’re delighted to share another special thank you, this time from a conveyancing client who has sent the most beautiful flowers and card to express their thanks and gratitude to our conveyancing manager, Julia Madden. It is always wonderful and reassuring to know that we are maki

At Hudson Law we like to think that we always go the extra mile to help and take care of our clients, particularly when they are going through a distressing experience, and it therefore means so much to us when clients, like this one, take a moment to express their thanks and gratitude, as it is

According to the Legal Ombudsman, who receive all complaints about solicitors, nearly a fifth (18%) of the 7,500 complaints that they resolved last year involved divorce or family law-related cases, making it the most complained about area of law in England and Wales.

More and more people are choosing to live together and have children without being married.

The number of those living together without being married has doubled in the past 16 years and is the fastest-growing household type in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The

Today the team at the Hull Daily Mail kindly included a brief biography of Leon in the Business Pages section, so if you'd like to find out a little more about what makes our Senior Partner, please do have a read!

New rules for the exchange of information between banks and solicitors administering an estate have been agreed by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), the Law Society and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Now for a piece of good news. The number of children being adopted in England is on the rise again. This means that more needy children have entered stable permanent homes and more would-be parents have found a child to love.

The number of adoptions has jumped by 12% in the past year, with 3,450

At about 1.40pm this afternoon I am speaking live to Carl Wheatley on BBC Radio Humberside about the huge risks of not making a will. The media interest in this subject has been sparked by an article a couple of days ago, the details of which are shown below.

Last week saw a landmark ruling by the Scottish Supreme Court in the case of Gow v Grant. In this case, following an application previously turned down by the Appeal Court, an order was made for payment by one cohabitant to the other in relation to property following the end of their

Lord Neuberger, the country's second most senior judge, claims that legal firms that base their charges simply on costs "do not deserve to succeed" or even "survive"! He went on to say that "hourly billing at best

Dying Matters Awareness Week takes place between the 14th and 20th May 2012, and we are marking it by taking part in special events in York for members of the public to find out everything they need to know.

Lawyers cite cases of divorcing couples fighting over such innocuous items as a frying pan. Robin Charrot of George Davies recounts a case of a couple running up a bill of £2,000 over bed linen. Pannone has estimated that 20% of divorces were effected by disputes over inexpensive possess

A juror who feigned a back injury so she could go on holiday and avoid her jury service was jailed for 56 days yesterday for contempt of court. Janet Chapman, 51, had “deliberately deceived the court” for her “own ends and pleasure”, Judge Anthony Russell,

Ruth Tierney credits the legal system for the improvement in post-marital relations between divorced couples. She quotes Mahie Abey, family solicitor and co-founder of intelligentdivorce.co.uk: “Most family lawyers in the UK are now part of an organisation called Resolution, whose cod

The Law Commission has said that compared with married couples, unmarried couples are discriminated against by inheritance laws. The Commission believes that they should be entitled to equal rights when one partner dies without a will.

When we lose people close to us, we can find it very difficult to function properly and think clearly, as if our brains are on hold. And yet, all of a sudden we are faced not only with having to think about a funeral and

A fake solicitor helped men gain divorce without their wives finding out by forging the women's responses. The scam came to light only when a judge noticed that a petition was identical to three other applications he had received. Khuram Shezad Ali admitted the charges relating to fraudulently

A Resolution survey of more than 6,500 divorce lawyers has found that the new divorce procedure guidelines, requiring couples to look at mediation as an alternative to using courts, are largely being ignored. From last April, all divorcing couples were required to attend a "mediation information

The Women's Institute and Mumsnet are among an alliance of women’s groups that have written to Kenneth Clarke warning that the government’s plans to reform legal aid will hurt victims of domestic violence.

The Legal Service Board (LSB) has announced that the writing of wills is to be regulated. A recent survey by the LSB found that some lawyers were offering an "unacceptable service" and even using fraud and deception.

The survey of 100 people who needed a will discovered that 20% of wills had basic e

Figures from the Home Office’s Forced Marriage Unit have found that nearly 400 children in the last year have been threatened with or coerced into marriage – including a girl aged just five. The findings come as ministers consider whether to introduce new laws to allow fami

The Mail is shocked by a report that claims that the average time children wait to be adopted in council care is two years and seven months. The paper believes that legal haggling is the main source of delay, claiming that lawyers are using the Human Rights Act cynically: “So, yet again,

International child residency court cases have more than doubled in the past two years and are up tenfold on a decade ago. The rise has been fuelled by the growing number of children born to at least one foreign parent. The figures are based on interventions by a British legal team under Lord

A legal row over a 1.2mm-thick line on a map has cost two neighbours more than £100,000 and been called "the most absurd piece of litigation" in years by Lord Justice Pill. "Whoever wins, the parties are going to go away to their respective houses and each is content that the fence sta

A woman is suing her two siblings over ownership of a £3 million family estate, in a dispute so bitter that they are in contact only through lawyers. An apparent attempt by the father to avoid capital gains tax by transferring half of his estate to his son in trust, has left the fami

Research from Standard Life has found that a quarter of people over 65 have not made a will. Those living in Yorkshire and Humber are the worst at putting one together while people in the North East are the best at it: 47% have one.

The Financial Times reports today that, less then three weeks after the budget, property lawyers and accountants have been already been looking for, and identified, loopholes to avoid buyers have to pay the new 7% rate of stamp duty on properties bought for more

The FT joins other commentators in regretting the removal of old laws from the statute book. It believes many could be doctored to address contemporary issues. They particularly like the Streets (London) Act of 1696, which tells London residents to sweep the street in front of their houses on

Having provided family legal aid services since the mid-1990s, in 2010 the Legal Services Commission told Stamps, along with nearly half of the family legal aid firms around the country, that they were being stripped of their contracts. Not willing to take it lying down, Oliver took the fight all

Two thirds of Britons do not have a Will, when most of us should. If a Will can’t be found after your death then your assets will be distributed in accordance with the intestacy rules, not necessarily in the way you would have wished. According to Certainty, the organisation that set up

HSBC has made the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) a pre-requisite for law firms on its new lender panel announced this week, a move welcomed by the Society, which is the representative body for all solicitors in England and Wales. But the Society has raised concerns over

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